Measuring-vessel



\ (No Model.)

J. SNORF.

MBASURING VESSEL.

No. 485,992. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

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31a/vento@ www@ J0-/1/71/ gil/01% VUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SNORF, OF FAIRLAND, MICHIGAN.

M EASU RING-VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,992, dated November 8, 1892. Application filed July 7, 1892- Serial No. 439,300- (No model.)

`T all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN SNORF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairland, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan,

`have invented new and useful Improvements cient, and economical means for automatically closing the doors as the measuring-box is reciprocated to place one of its chambers beneath the supply-hopper and its other chamber over the sack or receptacle into which the grain is to be deposited.

To accomplish these objects my invention consists, essentially, in the combination of a rectangular frame having at each end a discharge-opening and comprising vertical side Walls, a top wall supported by the upper ends of said side Walls, and a bottom wall provided With door-closing abutments, a rectilinearlyreciprocating grain-box set Within the rectanguiar frame between the parallel side walls thereof and provided at its opposite ends with pivoted swinging doors, which are alternately raised and closed by the door-closing abutments as the grain-box is reciprocated in a right line between the parallel side Walls of the rectangular frame.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying draWings,-in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a grain-meter constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view of the same.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, wherein- The numeral l indicates a rectangular frame, in which a grain-measuring box 2 is adapted to reciprocate in a horizontal plane directly beneath a top Wall 3, which supports a hopper 4, through which the grain is alternately delivered into the box-chambers 5 and 6 as 55 the box is reciprocated. The hopper may be of any construction suitable for the conditions required and the rectangular supporting-frame is provided with vertical side Walls 7, on which the top wall 3 is supported in 6o such manner that as the measuring-box is reciprocated the top Wall levels or strikes the grain. The measuring-box is rectangular in form, and a central vertical partition 8 separates the chambers 5 and 6 one from the other. 65 At opposite sides of the partition are located bottom walls 9, rigidly fixed to the box-Walls A and inclining in opposite directions from the partition for the purpose ot facilitating the discharge ot' the grain from the measuring- 7o box. To thelower edge of each inclined Wall is hinged or pivoted a bottom door l0, adapted to close the space between the inclined wall and the end Wall of the box. Y

The rectangular frame is provided at each end with a discharge-opening through which the grain can pass from the measuring-box. into a sack or other receptacle. In practice the ends of the rectangular frame are provided With suitable hooks l2 orotherdevces 8o for suspending the sacks or bags.

In practice the measuring-box is moved horizontally so that one of its measu ring-chambers is located directly beneath the supplyhopper and its other measuring-chamber is over the sack or bag to deliver the grain thereinto. These bottom doors require to be alternately raised and closed, so that one box-cham ber can be filled with grain While the other is discharging its contents. In prior apparatus 9o of the character described the hinged bottom doors are raised to their closed position through the medium of cords which connect at one end with the doors and are provided with handles at their other ends tobe grasped and pulled by attendants. This construction is objectionable in that it requires constant attention on the part of the attendants to alternately close the doors at the proper time.

To avoid this, I provide a stationary abutroo ment which automatically raises and closes the doors when the box is reciprocated, thereby dispensing with the cords and avoiding the necessity of Watcht'ulness and work on the part of the attendants for this purpose. As here illustrated this door-closing abutment comprises a horizontal bottom wall 13, secured to thelowerside of the rectangular supporting-frame 1 and having side cleats or bars 14, on which the measuring-boxis adapted to slide in a horizontal plane. The cleats or bars 14 are so placed that when the measuring-box is reciprocated they strike the bottom doors and raise the same to their closed positions. I do not, however, limit myself to this particular' construction ot' stationary door-closing abutment. ,t

In the practical operation of the grainmeter the box is moved by an attendant to place one 0f the measuring-chambers directly beneath the supply-hopper, and in this position the hinged bottom door of the other measuring-chamber will be unsupported and consequently drop open by gravity to discharge the contents into a sack, bag, or other receptacle, after which the box is moved to bring the last-mentioned measuring chamber beneath the supplyhopper, which obviously7 places the hinged door of the other measuring-chamber in position to open by gravity 'and discharge the grain into a sack, bag, or

supported by the upper endsof said side walls,

and a bottom wall 13, provided with doorclosing abutments, a rectilinearly-reciprocating grain-box 2, set within the rectangular frame between the parallel side walls thereof and provided at its opposite ends with pivoted swinging doors 10,which are alternately raised and closed by the door-closing abutments as the grain-box is reciprocated in a right line between the parallel side walls of the rectangular frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a rectangular frame l, having a discharge-openin g at each end and provided with vertical parallel side walls 7, a horizontal plate 3, supported by the upper ends of the side walls, a hopper 4 above the horizontal plate, a door-closing abutment located at thev under side of the rectangular frame, and a rectilinearly-reciprocating grainboX 2, set within the rectangular frame between the parallel side walls thereof and provided with reversely-inclined bottom walls, to the lower edges of which are pivoted opening and closing doors 10, which are alternately raised and closed by the door-closing abutment-s as the grain-box is reciprocated rectilinearly between the side walls of the rectangular frame, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a rectangular frame 1, having at each end a discharge-opening and provided at its bottom with a horizontal wall 13, having side cleats or bars 14, a rectilinearly-reci procatin g grain-box 2, supported by the side cleats or bars and comprising a partition 8 and reversely-inclined bottom walls 9, to the lower edges of which are pivoted opening and closing doors 10, which are alternately raised and closed by the ends of the cleats or bars as the box is reciprocated rectilinearly on said cleats or bars, a hopper' 4, locatedabove the grain-box, and a leveling-plate 3, interposed betwen the hopper and the grain-box, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and. affixed my seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN sNoRE. [n s] Witnesses:

JAMES M BABoooK, GEORGE H. MURDooH. 

